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With Friends Like These (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 7  Rotten:7 Average Rating: 5.4/10
Rated: R
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 25, 2005 Limited
Synopsis:
Johnny (Robert Costanzo) is an actor who makes his living playing television "bad guys." He lands a secret audition with director Martin Scorsese which could turn out to be his big break. When Johnny's struggling actor friends find out about the private audition, they lie, cheat, and steal to... [More]
Johnny (Robert Costanzo) is an actor who makes his living playing television "bad guys." He lands a secret audition with director Martin Scorsese which could turn out to be his big break. When Johnny's struggling actor friends find out about the private audition, they lie, cheat, and steal to get a piece of the action. Hollywood loyalty is put to the test when this group of friends do whatever they can to make-it big. Winner of the High Hopes Award at the Munich Film Festival 1998, Best Of The Fest Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 1998, and the Opening Night Film and Audience Favorite Award at the Palm Beach International Film Festival 1998. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Adam Arkin, Robert Costanzo, Beverly D'Angelo, Elle Macpherson, Amy Madigan

Director: Philip F. Messina
Producer: Robert Greenhut, Amy Lemisch

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Feb 29, 2000

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The question of why this film is being re-released is superseded by the question of who would want to watch it.

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03/24/05 10:16 PM
Eric Monder
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The incessant betrayals and confidences become monotonous after a time, and the film sinks into the familiar swamp of suburban futility.

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The movie works as well as it does ­because the cast knows the material so ­intimately.

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02/25/05 02:14 PM
Elizabeth Weitzman
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Writer-director Phillip F. Messina's insider comedy about Hollywood almost-rans gives off an air of clammy desperation that feels all too authentic without being especially funny and bogs down early in repetitive shtick.

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02/25/05 02:13 PM
Maitland McDonagh
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Only sporadically amusing.

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An accomplished farce populated by sly and knowing comedic performances.

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Ray Greene
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At its best, Philip Frank Messina's show business comedy plays like a less acerbic, less Jewish triple episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

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